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…Recent Meta-analyses: Initial prospective, randomized controlled IDE trials have demonstrated equivalent or improved functional outcome results of cTDR compared to ACDF.14–21 Mid and long-term follow-up have also demonstrated the…

…compared to ACDF.36 Prestige LP is also currently approved for two-level cervical disc arthroplasty. In the IDE randomized controlled trial, Gornet et al. demonstrated that the investigational group undergoing…

…fusion approaches differ in their indications and expected outcomes – approaches are typically selected on the basis of the level of the spine to be accessed and the required…

…individual members dedicated to promoting the safety, quality, and availability of donated human tissue. Following AATB accredited guidelines, allograft material is harvested from human cadaveric bone, processed, stored, and…

…he led a government-wide effort to devise and implement a new strategy on the safety of imported products, opened FDA offices globally and negotiated historic agreements in China, India,…

…that you have been incorrectly assessed the 2016 PQRS negative payment adjustment, you can submit an informal review through November 9, 2015. All informal review requests must be submitted…

…services;” requirements for making public a machine-readable file online that includes all standard charges (including gross charges, discounted cash prices, payer-specific negotiated charges, and de-identified minimum and maximum negotiated…

…for specialized patient care and patients are increasingly seeing “surprise bills” from insurance companies for services performed by physicians they thought were in-network. NAIC developed the updated model legislation…

…for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that aims to empower patients to make informed decisions about their care as they are discharged from acute care…

…procedure-related (2, both resolved).   Device- and procedure-related events: postop radicular pain resulting from implant protrusion into foramen (1, resolved), postop hematomas (2, resolved).   No subject has undergone…

…with concomitant decreased adjacent level stresses compared to ACDF. Furthermore, the results of multi-center controlled studies should be replicated at individual centers. Intermediate term data should reaffirm safety and…